RT Journal
A1 Baptist EC, Louthain L
T1 BActeremia in the infant with bronchiolitis
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 1999
FD December 1
VO 153
IS 12
SP 1309
OP 1310
DO 10.1001/archpedi.153.12.1309
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.153.12.1309
AB 
We read with interest the recent article on diagnostic testing for serious bacterial infections in infants with bronchiolitis.1 The authors suggest that previously healthy, well-appearing infants with wheezing and other signs of an upper respiratory tract infection may not need laboratory testing for bacterial infections even in the presence of fever. We describe an infant with pneumococcal bacteremia who presented with the symptoms and signs of bronchiolitis. If the aforementioned recommendations were followed, we would have failed to make an early diagnosis in this infant.